CVE-2013-5973

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5973
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-23 15:42:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionVMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.5 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow local users to read or modify arbitrary files by leveraging the Virtual Machine Power User or Resource Pool Administrator role for a vCenter Server Add Existing Disk action with a (1) -flat, (2) -rdm, or (3) -rdmp filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000330000 probability, percentile 0.097130000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
JVN#13154935: VMware ESX and ESXi may allow access to arbitrary files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware ESX and ESXi Virtual Machine File Descriptors Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
JVNDB-2013-000123 - JVN iPedia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvndb.jvn.jp
VMSA-2013-0016 | United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/101387 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
VMware ESX Server Lets Local Users View and Modify Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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